Doug Bereuter: “In the Findings Section (a), after (4)(A), insert the following new sections (B) and (C): (B) From May 27 to May 31, the…”

“In the Findings Section (a), after (4)(A), insert the following new sections (B) and (C): (B) From May 27 to May 31, the East Timorese resistance forces carried out deplorable human rights violations, including the reported killing of over two dozen persons in an apparent attempt to disrupt national elections. A resistance attack on a truck resulted in the deaths of 16 policemen and one soldier. Attacks on polling places also resulted in the deaths of two election officials. (C) Violence on the part of either the Indonesian military or the East Timorese resistance forces is not conducive to the just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. Change former section (B) to (D) and add the following new section (E); (E) The Indonesian authorities and the resistance forces in East Timor must refrain from human rights violations, including attacks on civilians and non-combatants. Insert after sense of the Congress section (b) a second sense of the Congress section to be labeled (c) to read as follows: (c) Sense of the Congress.--It also is the sense of the Congress that the violent acts of the resistance in East Timor should be condemned, as they discredit the East Timorese cause, and could result in additional violent reprisals by the Indonesian armed forces.”